Market Averages Advance
As Turbulent Quarter Ends

NEW YORK -- One of the worst quarters in market history drew to a close with an uncharacteristically tame performance Friday by major market averages.

The relentlessness of profit statements and the pessimism those have engendered kept technology issues mostly in check for the session. Micron Technology , for example, fell $3.72 to $41.53, after the chip maker reported fiscal second-quarter earnings late Thursday that apparently...